LIving Dead Weekend | Episode 118 (6/8/25)

About this episode

The episode covers the Living Dead Weekend at Monroeville Mall, featuring interviews with various actors and filmmakers from George Romero's zombie films.

We made the pilgrimage to the Monroeville Mall where the zombie classic Dawn of the Dead was filmed for the annual Living Dead Weekend celebrating the movies of George Romero! 00:45 - Actress Judith Ridley (Night of the Living Dead) 03:50 - Filmmaker Gary Streiner (Night of the Living Dead) 09:18 - Actress Kyra Schon (Night of the Living Dead) 12:03 - Actor Jarlath Conroy (Day of the Dead) 17:00 - Actor Terry Alexander (Day of the Dead) 19:39 - Writer Jeff Whitehead (COO of the George George A. Romero Foundation) 22:32 - Filmmaker John Russo (Night of the Living Dead) 30:47 - Actor Eugene Clark (Land of the Dead) 32:18 - Superfan Paul O'Boyle 36:00 - The hosts of Terror Night Theatre

People in this episode

Guests: Judith Ridley, Gary Streiner, Kyra Schon, Jarlath Conroy, Terry Alexander, Jeff Whitehead, John Russo, Eugene Clark, Paul O'Boyle

Topics covered

• Dawn of the Dead
• Living Dead Weekend
• George Romero
• Night of the Living Dead
• Day of the Dead

Keywords

• zombies
• film festival
• horror movies

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dawn of the Dead, Living Dead Weekend, Night of the Living Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead

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